Haybar advice needed

[StarcatcherWilliam]

Why does my horse take all of her haylage out of the haybar, spread it all over the stable floor and eat it from there?! Does anyone else's horse do this? I have watched her and it is almost as if she thinks that the hay right at the bottom of the haybar is tastier than the rest, so she flings it all out to get to it and then of course it's exactly the same, so that gets chucked out too!! It makes me laugh to watch her, but a bit frustrating as she ends up wasting such a lot and makes a mess of her bedding.

 

[YasandCrystal]

All of mine have haybars and 1 eats it totally cleanly from the Haybar, 2 pull out 'unwanted' sections of haylage and the last one makes a tunnel with his nose and eats from the bottom up - very strange.

 

[catdragon]

Alas, my mare too is a flinger... she'll happily chuck it out, then eat from the floor... I am thinking of resorting to fitting a haynet to hang inside of the hay bar so she can't make such a mess.....

 

[Rouletterose]

Mine absolutely adore their haybars...they burrow down to nearly the bottom and make a lovely soft round nose shaped hole and eat from down there, both of them hate it if I interfere....but they are very ladylike and don't throw it about.

 

[faith123]

My mare does this - sooooo annoying isnt it lol

I resorted to putting a haynet above the haybar - but it kind of defeats the object doesnt it :/

 

[StarcatcherWilliam]

It seems to be all mares that do this! Mine is a bit of a fuss pot, she can't eat hard feed out of a bucket and has to tip that all over the floor too! Minx!

 

[HelsB]

I have fitted a tie ring inside the bottom of mine and tie a small holed large haynet from the bottom up (if that makes sense!)

It is to slow down my good doer while keeping him eating with his head down rather than to stop it being thrown around, but the same might work for you?

 

[Rockchick]

my gelding does this every time! luckily his haybar is at the front of his box so not a lot goes on his bedding, but even if it does he eats it all anyway so quite lucky in that respect

I have no idea why he feels the need to do it though

My mare on the other hand eats straight from the haybar with no mess whatsoever, apart from what she drops when she lifts her head up to have a nosey around LOL

 

[zangersheide]

I have fitted a tie ring inside the bottom of mine and tie a small holed large haynet from the bottom up (if that makes sense!)

It is to slow down my good doer while keeping him eating with his head down rather than to stop it being thrown around, but the same might work for you?

What an excellent idea- I leave my haynets on the floor loose and tie all the string etc up, I would prefer to leave it loose but I need to slow them down a bit

 

[ellie_e]

Ha mine does this too! Strange, i do wonder why i bother putting it in his haybar some times!